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Dissertation Information for Ming-Yi Wu

NAME:
- Ming-Yi Wu

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- Rutgers University (USA) (2002)

ADVISORS:
- Lea Stewart

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- Brent D. Ruben
- Marya Doerfel
- Peter Oehlkers

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: Comparing expected leadership styles in Taiwan and the United States: A case study of university employees

Abstract: The main purpose of this study was to compare university employees' expected leadership communication styles in two cultures, Taiwan and the United States. The similarities and differences in work-related cultural values and expected leadership styles were compared. The relationship between work-related cultural values and expected leadership styles was also discussed in this study.

Two theories that guided this study were Hofstede's (1980) Cultural Theory and Dorfman, Howell, Hibino, Tate, and Bautista's (1997) Cultural Contingency Theory. Based on these two theories, theoretical models of this study were proposed and tested by statistical analyses.

This study surveyed 303 university employees in National Ping-Tung University of Science and Technology (NPUST) in Taiwan and Ruthers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. A quantitative survey questionnaire was used as research instrument. The data set of this study was analyzed by statistical analyses, including independent-sample t-test, Pearson correlation test, and Cannonical correlation analysis.

The main findings of this study were as follows: (1) Both similarities and differences were found in work-related cultural values, expected leadership decision-making styles, and expected leadership conflict-management styles between these two cultural groups. (2) Several significant relationships were found between work-related cultural values and expected leadership styles.

The conclusions of this study were that: (1) Both the cultural-universal and cultural-specific approaches for leadership study were found. (2) Practical implications for university leaders were provided. (3) The reliability of some scales in this study should be improved in the future. (4) Future studies may expand the filed of cross-cultural educational leadership study by studying university leaders' perspectives and actual leadership behaviors. (5) Future studies may also investigate leadership styles in private universities and in other cultures.

MPACT Scores for Ming-Yi Wu

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calculated 2008-01-31 06:11:26

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